The Washington critic., 1887-03-08

Alice I'reeney of Maryland, aud all
their bcau'eous sislcrhnnd, gave the
Virginia White sulphur Springs a
world wide fame. Who was the bcllc2
| have too much regard for my scalp
10 hazard one girl power reply to
that question. There were several Of
her. Such receptions NJ Mrs. Car.
isles, Mrs. Cockrtll's, Mrs, Nancc's,
Mrs. John Shcrmau's, Mrs. Cheat.
hams, Mrs. Dolph's, Mrs. Iane's, Mrs.
Bette Beck GnOdloc's, the Misses
Riggs, or Nine. Romero's literally
swarmed with girls and young married
women, any one of whom would
worthily wear the roselcaf chaplct of
belleship or the golden crown OF
queenship, | rather think Kentucky
and Tennessee carried oil first honors.
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A distinguished writer on doiugs nj
the National Capital speaks in most pi.
thetic terms Of tho presence of a "Dt.
partment clerk" at one of our swell
official receptions, says Con" in the
Omaha Bee. The writer presumcs that
the department clerk" intruded
therein. 1t is really shocking, posi-.
lively shocking, that he, she or 1t,
department clerk" should have so
outraged official morals as to have
been seen In broad gasllght at an official
reception, especially when the said
government officials are nothing In the
world but public servants p But |
am glad TO say that some of the very
best clements of Washington society are
the Department clerks, although there
are incompetent persons and fools
everywhere, as can be seen by
paving visit TO Congress. Some
of the nUblest and most talented
men and women have met in Wash
| ingtOn have been connected with the
departments for years. There are
| scientists, authors, artists and cultured
| people generally, NhO will give tone a0l
| attraction to society wherever they 90.
| 1t Is another "shocking" fact, perhaps,
| that the President of the United States
| associates with and has for chum in
the retirement of his political closet an
| eN Senate page, and togcthc >" the
| Stiffness of the night. do they ran.ulc
| all over the political fields, culllng the
| soft spots for their choice friends. \
most remarkable fellow Is he, this
smooth, beardless faced, eX Senate
| page, knowing well how to keep the
| great confidence given to him aud he
| acts accordingly. For one of his years
| he has done much service TO his bettets
| and bids fair TO do more in the future.
| 1t would not surprise us, nothing does
| here in Washington, to have this most
| competent eX-Scnate page the candidate
| for President on the Democratic ticket,
| or any other ticket TO win. In the near
future. He halls from Maryland, "My
Maryland" and his name is Arthur =.
| German
H"s
Frank G. Carpenter of the Cleveland
LeddcF says: Judge Ezra d. Taylor
has gone home to Warren, but his
daughter, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton,
still remains in Washington to continue
some literary work in which she has
been engaged all winter, and which has
prevented her from entering into So
ciety to any extent since her coming
from Ohio at the opening of the session
of Congress. Among other things
Mrs. Upton has been engaged to write
series of illustrated articles for the
| Wide Aicdke on "The Children of the
White House." They arc about com.
| plctcd and publication will soon be.
| gin. The lady has already done much
clever work with her pen, beginning
as a writer for the Cleveland HerdM,
but up to the present time her pro.
ductions have appeared anonymously.
The articles in Wide ioake, however,
will be under her own name.
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